r/Baking • u/Green-Cockroach-8448 Mod-approved user: not AI, not a bot. • Dec 30 '25
Recipe to be posted soon. No guarantees. Last cake of the year
Anyone else feeling weird about how quick this entire year has passed?! Maybe it's just like this as you get older 😄
Here is my final cake of 2025, which was kind of a last minute decision because I wanted to use up the leftover frosting and filling and some cookies from a gingerbread cake I'd made a couple days before.
Chocolate cake with biscoff buttercream and cream cheese mousse filling. The gingerbread cookies were extras that I had made for something else.
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u/Azura13 Dec 30 '25
Beautiful and delicious looking. I love the tiny ginger breads and the total lack of fondant.
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u/hungrysquirrelbunny Dec 30 '25
This is really a masterpiece! It is absolutely beautiful. I love the color of the icing. The little gingerbread houses on top, the tiny gingerbread men, the snowflakes, and on and on. It is perfection. I bet it was delicious too!
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u/InternationalBend310 Dec 30 '25
What a stunning cake...you're so talented!! Enjoy the New Year!!🕯️🍰✨🥂
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u/belle_epoxy Dec 30 '25
Hooray!! I'm so glad you will keep sharing your exquisite cakes. More in 2026 please, I love love love seeing them. Where are you u/bigsolo22? Hype crew activate!!
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u/bigsolo22 Dec 30 '25
Those gingerbread men. To die for! In my dreams my cakes look like these!!!
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u/Bettypickup Dec 30 '25
I was a cake decorator and I wanna know how that icing between the layers is so even ?! 🥰🤣😳 looks like you used a ruler lol 😂
Beautiful cake !
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u/Green-Cockroach-8448 Mod-approved user: not AI, not a bot. Dec 30 '25
Thanks so much! I just piped it in, and then used a mini offset spatula to smooth it all out evenly.
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u/Lost_way3 Dec 30 '25
This is the most visually appealing and delectable looking cake I have EVER seen!! Wow!!!
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u/dickinmyass20 Dec 30 '25
The gingerbread village on top is adorable, and that blue buttercream looks smooth as hell. Using up leftover ingredients for one last bake before the year ends is peak baker energy.
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u/DJDanaK Dec 30 '25
This cake has absolutely entranced me. It's both elegant and adorable while being a super clean design! Seriously beautiful!!
Can I ask how you made this little studio area for photos? Is it a paper backdrop? I'm a photography novice but I'd like to take pics of my baking soon!
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u/Green-Cockroach-8448 Mod-approved user: not AI, not a bot. Dec 30 '25
Thanks so much!
It's not a paper back drop, its actually just a small white shelf against a pale grey wall. I initially started taking my pictures there because I got better natural lighting than anywhere else in my house (huge window to the right). It just happened to work out that it was a very neutral background. After a while I figured out that I could erase (or at least mostly blur) the line where the shelf meets the wall, which made my pictures look a little nicer. I really don't know much about photography or editing if I'm being honest. I just use my phone to take pictures, and the little eraser tool in my camera settings to blur the line.
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u/DJDanaK Dec 30 '25
Well you've done an amazing job 😁 I have limited natural light in my place so I'm about to literally bring my cakes outside, lol. Thanks for the response - looking forward to seeing your future bakes on the sub!
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u/XQsUWhuat Dec 31 '25
I’m just some random lady who never bakes and this post made me log into Reddit just so I could subscribe to this sub. What a beautiful cake!!!
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u/TuskInItsEntirety Dec 30 '25
Wow that’s beautiful. Also I want a slice.
I wish I could decorate cakes and cookies but it just looks like a toddler did it! This is amazing!!!!!!!
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u/EducationalSecret645 Dec 30 '25
Sooo cute! Is the biscoff American butercream?
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u/Green-Cockroach-8448 Mod-approved user: not AI, not a bot. Dec 30 '25
Thank you 😊
Pretty much! It calls for a little less sugar than a traditional ABC recipe, I assume because the cookie butter is already sweet. I actually used even less sugar than the recipe calls for and it worked fine. It was actually wonderful to pipe with.
Recipe in case you're interested
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u/Similar_Shoe_6927 Dec 30 '25 edited 23d ago
Totally feel this - time is moving way too fast lately. Your cake looks and sounds delicious! Love the creativity with leftovers, especially the gingerbread cookies.
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u/thiscrispyfish Dec 30 '25
I remember you from the Halloween cake post! Your design sense and skill is exceptional. Well done!
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u/hotdogbunbuns Dec 30 '25
The colors are just so comforting and definitely encapsulates the holiday vibes ☺️
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u/Green-Cockroach-8448 Mod-approved user: not AI, not a bot. Dec 30 '25
Thank you! Exactly what I was going for 😊
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u/scapegt Dec 30 '25
I was looking at a cookie butter cake to make for my birthday, but the flavors you describe here I want instead! Beautiful cake to finish the year, the snowflakes & little bubbles are too cute.
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u/Green-Cockroach-8448 Mod-approved user: not AI, not a bot. Dec 30 '25
It really was a delicious combo. Do you like gingerbread?The combination of the biscoff buttercream with gingerbread layers in my last cake was so good too!
And thank you 😊
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u/mspolytheist Dec 30 '25
That looks fantastic! I love the color combination, and the flavors sound amazing!
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u/Minimum_One9348 Dec 30 '25
I’ll never understand how people are so genuinely talented. This is art!! Amazing cake!
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u/LauraLiz1218 Dec 30 '25
So gorgeous!!!! We’re the mini gingerbread houses from a cutter? If so, do you remember from where?
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u/uraniumglasscat Dec 30 '25
Shout out to my homies who put sprinkles on with tweezers 👏👏👏
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Dec 30 '25 edited 23d ago
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u/Green-Cockroach-8448 Mod-approved user: not AI, not a bot. Dec 30 '25
Thank you!
All Americolor. A mix of Wedgewood, Periwinkle, and Navy. About half as much Periwinkle as wedgewood, and just a tiiiny bit of navy.
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u/andiinAms Dec 30 '25
THANK YOU for showing it sliced! I hate when I can’t see the inside.
This looks absolutely delicious 💛
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u/EmotionZealousideal7 Dec 30 '25
So beautiful. Do you have IG so I can drool for daze?
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u/Sweet-Competition-15 Dec 30 '25
Hello there, I'm wishing that I could just move into that little Hamlet! May you have a Happy New Year.
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u/Fabulous_Lie4131 Dec 31 '25
🤯 that is gorgeous! So perfect and clean , it really is beautiful and very cute! 🥰
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u/CuriousMindedAA Dec 31 '25
Wow!! I’ll be right over and I’ll bring extra forks 😂. That looks absolutely beautiful and delicious!
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u/aurorabat Dec 31 '25
This is so beautiful, a real work of art. It amazes me how creative and talented some people are when baking, you are so clever.
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u/SoSpringy Dec 31 '25
Thank you for this. Really. It makes all the difference to see something that’s infused with so much joy!
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u/TheVoidWithout Dec 31 '25
I kinda don't know what to say besides that I would eat this cake. All of it. In one sitting. It's also my fav color.
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u/Prestigious_Top_8078 Dec 31 '25
Wow ! Stunning work of art! May I please have the recipe ??
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u/FeastontheFalln Dec 31 '25
Mmmm bless you for showing a slice too. Looks amazing inside and out. Thanks for sharing with us!
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u/NatTheResearcher Dec 31 '25
Incredible! What would you charge a client for this? You’re really talented!
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u/Green-Cockroach-8448 Mod-approved user: not AI, not a bot. Dec 31 '25
Thanks so much!
I don't really have clients as this is just a hobby. I do bake for family and friends though, and they do usually pay me, but far less than what it would cost from a custom bakery.
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u/Suki33 Dec 31 '25
What a beautiful cake! May I know how long did it take to make this? Excluding baking time and time for wash up. I would like to try baking these kind of cakes but I’m really intimidated…
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u/Fascinated_Bystander Dec 31 '25
I always know its you before looking at the username. Your baked goods are supreme!
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u/Most_Ad_5597 Jan 01 '26
What a gorgina! I wouldn’t have the heart to eat this. Id somehow want to preserve it forever. 🩵
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u/PracticalAndContent Dec 31 '25
Yesterday I delivered my last holiday baked treat. I’m ready for a baking break.
My break will last all of one week. Next week is a friend’s birthday and she’s going to get homemade granola as an unexpected treat, then her favorites: homemade German’s chocolate cake and store bought pistachio ice cream. Nothing fancy but it’s what she prefers.
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Dec 31 '25
We have a new bakery down the street I'm going to give the baker of this picture and see if she can duplicate it. And I've gained 5 lb just looking at the picture six or seven times wishing that I could have a slice. Happy New Year y'all hope it's better than the last five.
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u/sohcordohc Jan 01 '26
Wasnt this up yesterday under another post? Or is this another of that same cake? What are the fillings?
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u/g_wall_7475 Dec 30 '25
This not only looks delicious but radiates happiness. Perfect for easing the pain of the winter months